In October, a team of enthusiastic cyclists from the European cycling community GravGrav and clothing company I-RIS.cc came to Slovenia in search of the best route for cyclists to be able to explore the Dinaric Mountains. Local cyclists and representatives of LIFE Lynx joined them, to cycle along the routes of the Lynx Walk to find the best cycling option for a new Lynx Cycling Trail. After cycling the routes of the Lynx Walk, Max...
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With support of the Trust for Mutual Understanding and the Blackfoot Challenge, Slovenian and Croatian representatives of the LIFE Lynx project visited Montana, USA for a 10-day exchange. The exchange strengthened existing partnerships among Slovenian, Croatian, and US conservationists and researchers and explored key lessons from the LIFE Lynx and Blackfoot Challenge wildlife projects. The exchange focused on sharing best...
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One of the issues we were facing when preparing our project proposal and reinforcement program, was a lack of published scientific data about previous lynx reintroduction and reinforcement programs. To spread our knowledge to experts and scientists and to help future projects with our experience, we are dedicated to publishing scientific papers and presenting our project on congress and other meetings with experts. Thus, our partner...
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On Saturday, August 27, several tables with various materials and activities accompanied visitors along the paths at the Ljubljana Zoo. It was a nature conservation day sponsored by the Vita insurance company. The day featured various creative workshops, movement challenges, enrichment activities for the zoo’s animals, ideas for environmentally friendly living – and stands with conservation content. Conservationists were...
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International Lynx Day, of course! It takes place on June 11, and this year we celebrated in Pivka and ZOO Ljubljana with a quite diverse programme… On Saturday, Large Carnivore Centre DINA Pivka organised a cultural event with various workshops and stands. The programme started with stories by stand up comedian and writer Boštjan Gorenjic Pižama with musician Srečko Meh. Pupils from Pivka Elementary School presented a lynx they...
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In June, LIFE Lynx and LIFE WolfAlps EU teams from Slovenia Forest Service hosted European experts working with large carnivores topics. Representatives from Italy, Spain, England, Austria, Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo and Iran joined the three-day excursion in Notranjska and Gorenjska regions. The first day started in DINA Centre, where the experts from Slovenia Forest Service gave the participants a comprehensive presentation on the...
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We are happy to report the successful release of a 15th lynx that today, 14.6.2022, ran out to his new home on Velebit Mountain, near the town of Gospić, Croatia. The lynx named Lubomir was captured in the Slovak Carpathians, where he spent two months in the quarantine to make sure he arrived in Croatia healthy. The arrival of the lynx was welcomed by members of the Gospić handball team and representatives of the local community....
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In May, lynx Blisk was released in Slovenia’s forests of Snežnik. It was one of the fastest releases, as Blisk rapidly left the quarantine enclosure, where he was adapting to his new environment. The head of the LIFE Programme, Mr. Angelo Salsi witnessed the release and he escorted the lynx with these words: “Protecting the environment today is the best investment you can do in terms of ensuring the right legacy for your kids.” Our...
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Next Saturday, on June 11, 2022, we are celebrating the International Lynx Day, which will be celebrated for the first time at the Dina Pivka Centre. The event called “Lynx Day in Pivka” will begin with the opening ceremony at 14:00, followed by the opening of an exhibition by the academic painter Klarisa Sipoš, who will exhibit her artworks based on the subject of the lynx, created in cooperation with the LIFE Lynx project. At...
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This year we also responded to the invitation to the scouts festival called “Taborniški feštival”, which took place on Saturday, April 23. At the stand “How fierce is the lynx?” we presented the LIFE Lynx project, the biology of the lynx and monitoring of lynx. Young visitors could make plaster casts of large carnivore tracks, try themselves at lynx photo-identification, weigh a lynx telemetry collar and compare the feel...
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Yesterday we published an April Fools’ Day news about the release of the Iberian Lynx in Prekmurje, which is, of course, untrue. In mid-October 2021, representatives of the LIFE projects working with large carnivores from Slovenia and Italy (LIFE Lynx and LIFE WolfAlps EU) visited Andalusia. The purpose of the visit was meeting with one of the most successful lynx reinforcement projects in Europe – LIFE Iberlince projects that...
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